How to Use lunker in a Sentence

lunker

noun
  • Until then, though, the tactics above are a good bet for those seeking lunkers.
    — Cheryl Wray, AL.com, 11 Feb. 2018
  • The lunkers are released after a few photos, while smaller cats are kept for the pan.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Through the years, a five-pound fish became my definition of a lunker.
    — Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2021
  • As in all King Kat events, the lunker cats were released after weigh-in.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Giving anglers big tugs on their lines are lunker carp, sheepshead and channel catfish.
    — cleveland, 20 May 2021
  • And how did lunker rainbow trout wind up in Spirit Lake, anyway?
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2020
  • The prespawn is arguably the best time to catch your biggest bass yet and dial in on landing a lunker.
    — Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 9 Mar. 2021
  • No, this is the one about the guy who treats his son's mama with love and respect as well as the one who loves hookin' a lunker bass.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • But October is almost always an ace lunker month for me.
    — Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wirtz sped his spin, moved around a strand of trees and gently flicked the lure just beyond the lunkers, hoping to entice a strike.
    — John Marshall, azcentral, 6 May 2020
  • Going into deeper water is another good way to take lunkers at such times.
    — Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Any angler can register a lunker throughout all of 2021 for prizes and a drawing.
    — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Bass fishing has perked up at Selmac Lake with a few lunkers from 7 to 9 pounds on jigs, plastics and crank plugs.
    — Sacbee, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • There were a couple of keys to attracting bites from the lunker trout and not the undesirables that were in the area, Schultz said.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 10 July 2017
  • If there’s a lunker below, things sometimes get very interesting for a few seconds, but the heavy tackle usually wins.
    — Frank Sargeant, al.com, 12 June 2019
  • The latter bait is also noted for producing an occasional lunker seatrout.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Their photographs of monster turtles and lunker catfish are reminders that there is much more to life than smartphones, the internet and video games.
    — Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2019
  • The bass was the biggest reported from Eagle Mountain in nearly 18 years and its first Legacy lunker.
    — Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Patagonia is the land of lunkers—huge seagoing brown trout, steelhead, Pacific salmon—in big rivers that demand finesse and serious casting chops.
    — Neil King, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2020
  • At Lake Pickwick, lunker smallmouth are still a prime target below the dam, though the area may be unfishable for a time if runoff from the rains requires opening the gates wide.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The two guides went back to hunting lunkers with their forward-facing sonar, and before the team from Texas Parks and Wildlife showed, the pair of guides had scored big on bigmouths.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Those lunker walleye, which had been difficult to find during the recent walleye fishing derbies on Lake Erie, are now showing up in angler’s coolers.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Students, parents and other anglers can use the Christmas break to target 800 lunker rainbow trout, spread this week across northwest Oregon ponds and lakes.
    — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The most favorable water temperature for tempting a lunker (most of them will be females) that is going through this early buildup is between 55 and 60 degrees.
    — Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The dam outflows below Wheeler and Wilson dams continue to produce some lunker smallmouths, with a fish over 8 pounds reported last week along with lots in the 4 to 5 pound class.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Both times, Gomez donated the fish to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ShareLunker program, so it could be spawned in a special facility to produce future lunker bass.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2026

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